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I definitely suffer from sleep deprivation. At the beginning of the school I was alternating 4 hours of sleep a night, with none at all. However, staying up all night to finish a paper or to study for an exam is not uncommon among high school and college student ....

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.... has been added to our average work and commute time. Whatever the case may be, the effects of sleep deprivation are not so widely known. Three common symptoms seen in studies of prolonged sleep deprivation are a deep negative energy balance, the suppression of the immune system, and an odd change in patterns of sleep. Perhaps the most obvious effect sleeplessness has on a person is the negative energy balance. This occurs because the thyroid hormone expends more energy than is actually being metabolized. Your body is using more energy, than would normally be restored by sleeping. People who get less than the suggested number of hours of sleep t ....